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CompTIA Security+ Practice Tests SY0-501

By : Ian Neil
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CompTIA Security+ Practice Tests SY0-501

By: Ian Neil

Overview of this book

CompTIA Security+ is a core security certification that will validate your baseline skills for a career in cybersecurity. Passing this exam will not only help you identify security incidents but will also equip you to resolve them efficiently. This book builds on the popular CompTIA Security+ Certification Guide, which mirrors the SY0-501 exam pattern. This practice test-based guide covers all six domains of the Security+ SY0-501 exam: threats, attacks, and vulnerabilities; technologies and tools; architecture and design; identity and access management; cryptography and PKI; and risk management. You’ll take six mock tests designed as per the official Security+ certification exam pattern, each covering significant aspects from an examination point of view. For each domain, the book provides a dedicated cheat sheet that includes important concepts covered in the test. You can even time your tests to simulate the actual exam. These tests will help you identify gaps in your knowledge and discover answers to tricky exam questions. By the end of this book, you’ll have developed and enhanced the skills necessary to pass the official CompTIA Security+ exam.
Table of Contents (9 chapters)

Cheat Sheet

The cheat sheet is a condensed format of the main facts that you need to know before taking the exam. We must learn the exam concepts and not just the answers to a bank of questions.

Risk Treatments

  • Avoidance – risk deemed too high. Avoid activity.
  • Acceptance – risk too low – do not mitigate
  • Mitigation – reduce the risk; for example, anti-virus on laptop
  • Transference – transfer risk to a third party; for example, outsourcing, car insurance

Risk Assessment

  • Stage 1 – identify the asset – determine how it is treated and handled
  • Quantitative – measurement of loss expressed in a number format
  • Qualitative – grading risk as high, medium, or low
  • SLE – single loss of an item
  • ARO – number of losses in a year
  • ALE – SLE x ARO = annual losses in a year
  • Residual risk – remaining risk after mitigation

Personnel Management

  • Mandatory vacations – employee takes a holiday; the employer discovers...